| JDSALINGER | "The Catcher in the Rye" author born on January 1, 1919 |
| PAULREVERE | Patriot in the American Revolution known for a midnight ride born on January 1, 1735 |
| VERNETROYER | Mini-Me portrayer in the Austin Powers movies born on January 1, 1969 |
| XAVIERCUGAT | Spanish-American bandleader once married to Abbe Lane born on January 1, 1900 |
| SALINGER | The Catcher in the Rye author - Feign illness in order to avoid work (8) |
| SALINGERSONGWRITER | "The Catcher in the Rye" author's tune penner? |
| JDS | The Catcher in the Rye author's inits. |
| TUPELO | City in NE Mississippi in which Elvis Presley was born on January 8 1935 (6) |
| BURNS | Robert -; born on January 25, a poet celebrated annually with a traditional haggis supper (5) |
| THUNBERG | Swedish environmental activist born on January 3, 2003 (5,8) |
| GRETA | Swedish environmental activist born on January 3, 2003 (5,8) |
| MLK | "Letter from Birmingham Jail" writer, who was born on January 15, 1929 |
| KEATING | Future Australian PM Paul ... was born on January 18, 1944 |
| ROD | English singer ... Stewart was born on January 10, 1945 |
| UTES | They lost the Rose Bowl to the Buckeyes on January 1 |
| NEW | Like the year you ring in on January 1 |
| THETIMES | British newspaper founded on January 1, 1785, under the name The Daily Universal Register |
| BALL | It dropped in Times Square for the first time on January 1, 1908 |
| CROATIA | Country of SE Europe that adopted the euro and joined the Schengen Area on January 1, 2023 (7) |
| ALSACE | On January 1, 2021, the French departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin became the European Collectivity of ____ |
